Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem that affects humans, animals, agriculture and the environment.
StAR – Strategy on Antibiotic Resistance
Together with the international community, Switzerland is challenged to prevent the emergence of new resistances and to limit their transmission and spread.
This is the goal of the Swiss Strategy on Antibiotic Resistance (StAR), which is pursued jointly by the four federal offices of the FOPH, the FSVO, the FOAG and the FOEN in collaboration with corresponding stakeholders. This ‘One Health’ approach is crucial to ensuring the continued effectiveness of antibiotic treatments.
From left to right: Katrin Schneeberger, FOEN; Hans Wyss, FSVO; Anne Lévy, FOPH; Christian Hofer, FOAG
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Views on antibiotic resistance
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Correct use of antibiotics
Correct use of antibiotics
The number of cases of antibiotic resistance is rising globally, increasing the risk that bacterial infections in humans and animals will become very difficult or impossible to treat. Every year in Switzerland, among other countries, people and animals are infected with bacteria which can no longer be treated with antibiotics.
Protect yourself and your family by using antibiotics correctly.
Correct use of antibioticsHumans, animals, agriculture and the environment.
The FOPH provides trustworthy specialist information and so enhances the knowledge of patients, doctors and pharmacists, thereby enabling them to assume their responsibility in handling antibiotics.
Through its work, the FSVO establishes a framework to keep animals healthy and reduce the need for antibiotics. In applying this guiding principle, antibiotic resistance and disease among animals can be prevented.
Farmers and veterinarians are encouraged to promote animal health through disease prevention. The FOAG helps them to assume their responsibility and contribute to maintaining the effectiveness of antibiotics under the holistic One Health principle.
The FOEN supports the expansion of wastewater treatment plants so that concentrations of antibiotics and other micropollutants in our water can be significantly reduced. Research on antibiotic resistance in the water cycle also plays an important role.
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